UN WOMEN: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT ANALYST

UN Women (UNW), grounded in the vision of equality enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, works for the elimination of discrimination against women and girls; the empowerment of women; and the achievement of equality between women and men as partners and beneficiaries of development, human rights, humanitarian action and peace and security. Placing women's rights at the centre of all its efforts, the UN Women will lead and coordinate United Nations system efforts to ensure that commitments on gender equality and gender mainstreaming translate into action throughout the world. It will provide strong and coherent leadership in support of Member States' priorities and efforts, building effective partnerships with civil society and other relevant actors. Ending violence against women is receiving increased attention from governments, civil society, donors and the UN system. This is an encouraging indication that this universal human rights violation is increasingly receiving the concern and support it merits. In response, the Ending Violence against Women section at UN Women Headquarters has expanded its programming support to provide greater inputs to global, regional and national efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. To meet the growing demands on UN Women technical and policy advisory services, UN Women’s Ending Violence against Women section desires to hire an Analyst to support work in the area of knowledge management and research for evidence-based technical guidance and programming.

Duties and Responsibilities

Under the direct supervision of the Knowledge Management Specialist, and under the overall guidance of the Ending Violence against Women Senior Advisor, the Analyst will be responsible for the following main tasks: Assist with upkeep of the Virtual Knowledge Centre (online programming support site), including by uploading new content to the calendar and leading initiatives sections, adding tools to the database and supporting the upload of new and revised programming modules (in all three languages: English, French and Spanish). Assist the Research Specialist with the substantive and procedural elements of subcontracts, including by drafting and disseminating terms of reference through existing distribution lists; receiving and organizing all proposals/CVs; preparing an analysis of the candidates (organizations/consultants) vis-à-vis the competency-based criteria identified, knowledge of the violence against women field and the programming cycle; corresponding with all applicants to follow-up on the process and obtain additional documentation; preparing all necessary contract documentation; liaising with the Acquisitions and Management Review Committee and Human Resources; and following up with contractual matters such as payments, contract extensions and other relevant matters; Manage all Virtual Knowledge Centre promotional product orders and disseminations for events and for UN Women sub-regional offices and other internal and external partners; Assist with maintaining and tracking the knowledge management initiative budget; Manage all administrative preparations (e.g. liaising with ICT) for webinars and other learning exchange events related to the knowledge management initiative; Provide backstopping support on request by the Supervisor, including in the follow-up of gender-based violence programming and promising practice leads, new tools and other resources, including through online searches and email inquiries; Format PDF versions of the programming modules in English, French and Spanish for upload to the Virtual Knowledge Centre, including reformatting revised or updated versions; Assist Research Specialist to maintain compendium copyrights by liaising with publishers, tracking entries and maintaining permissions; Manage the organizations database (“Sources of Expertise”), including liaising with the Office of the Executive Director for formal invitations, tracking requests and responses, and uploading templated information to the Virtual Knowledge Centre; Liaise with website developers to maintain smooth functioning of the website; Assist with the organization and monitoring of files for the knowledge management initiative to ensure they are up to date and in the required institutional format for auditing and accountability purposes; Serve as focal point for UN Women’s corporate website queries on violence against women, including coordination with relevant staff to draft appropriate responses; Provide other technical backstopping for the Advisor and UN Women, as needed and requested by the Supervisor.

Competencies

Core Values/Guiding Principles: Integrity: Demonstrating consistency in upholding and promoting the values of UN Women in actions and decisions, in line with the UN Code of Conduct; Cultural Sensitivity/Valuing diversity: Demonstrating an appreciation of the multicultural nature of the organization and the diversity of its staff. Demonstrating an international outlook, appreciating differences in values and learning from cultural diversity. Core Competencies: Ethics and Values: Promoting Ethics and Integrity / Creating Organizational Precedents; Working in Teams: Building and promoting effective teams; Communicating Information and Ideas: Creating and promoting enabling environment for open communication; Self-management and Emotional intelligence: Creating an emotionally intelligent organization; Knowledge Sharing / Continuous Learning: Sharing knowledge across the organization and building a culture of knowledge sharing and learning; Appropriate and Transparent Decision Making: Fair and transparent decision-making; calculated risk-taking. Functional competencies: Demonstrates integrity and fairness; Displays cultural sensitivity and adaptability; Shows strong corporate commitment to UN Women’s mission, vision and values; Promotes learning environment in the office through personal example; Strong client-orientation. Builds strong relationships with, and focuses on results for, clients and partners; Responds positively to feedback; Has substantive knowledge of gender equality and gender-based violence issues; Excellent research and analytical skills, including experience and knowledge about leading academic, data, research and gender-related resources; Strong communication skills; written and oral; Strong interpersonal skills demonstrated by the ability to gain the assistance and cooperation of others in a team endeavor; Ability to build trust through operating with transparency and creating and open, positive and enabling environment; Sound judgment and decision-making skills; Demonstrated ability to establish priorities and to plan, coordinate and monitor tasks to achieve results.

Required Skills and Experience

Education: Masters Degree in international relations, social sciences, management or related field. Experience: Minimum of 2 years relevant experience in knowledge management or related field; Experience within the United Nations is highly desirable, especially knowledge of operational processes related to procurement, finance and human resources. Experience using technology as a medium for capacity-building and knowledge-sharing; high level of comfort using Microsoft Office programmes and content management systems preferred. Languages: Fluency in English is required. Working knowledge of Spanish and French is highly desirable. Note: In July 2010, the United Nations General Assembly created UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The creation of UN Women came about as part of the UN reform agenda, bringing together resources and mandates for greater impact. It merges and builds on the important work of four previously distinct parts of the UN system (DAW, OSAGI, INSTRAW and UNIFEM), which focused exclusively on gender equality and women's empowerment. All applications must include (as an attachment) the completed UN Women Personal History form (P-11) which can be downloaded from http://www.unwomen.org/about-us/employment Kindly note that the system will only allow one attachment. Applications without the completed UN Women P-11 form will be treated as incomplete and will not be considered for further assessment.

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UNDP is committed to achieving workforce diversity in terms of gender, nationality and culture. Individuals from minority groups, indigenous groups and persons with disabilities are equally encouraged to apply. All applications will be treated with the strictest confidence.